Improper Input Validation Affecting samba package, versions [,3.6.24)[4.0.0,4.0.19)[4.1.0,4.1.9)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
5% (93rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-SAMBA-2370482
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed23 Jun 2014
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 23 Jun 2014

CVE-2014-0244  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade samba to version 3.6.24, 4.0.19, 4.1.9 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. The sys_recvfrom function in nmbd in Samba 3.6.x before 3.6.24, 4.0.x before 4.0.19, and 4.1.x before 4.1.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop and CPU consumption) via a malformed UDP packet.

References

CVSS Scores

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